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Is there a way to seed /dev/urandom and /dev/random from it?
by trebor 13y ago
Is there a way to seed /dev/urandom and /dev/random from it?
- moonboots 13y agoRng-tools [1], mentioned in the article, can use a hardware rng's output as input to the kernel's prng. However, it needs to be configured correctly to avoid potential problems [2]. [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/user/tlecarrour/rng-tools.html http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/user/tlecarrour/rng-tools.h... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6040975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6040975